Instead, this popular emoji really means 'I love you'. The news has come as a shock to many emoji users, including one who was left red-faced by her misinterpretation. 'So I sent one of my male ...

Of the six billion emoji that are sent globally every day, around 70% are emotion based – for example, smiley face, love hearts. A smaller proportion of the emoji sent are sad expressions.

The winner for the Most Popular New Emoji in 2024 was the head shaking horizontally (🙂‍↔️) followed by the head shaking ...